Hoppers of North Carolina

Hoppers of North Carolina:
Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Doleranus longulus - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Deltocephalinae	Tribe: Pendarini
Taxonomic Author: (Gillette & Baker, 1895)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: Brownish-yellow, marked with reddish-brown; the chestnut-colored wings have pale venation, outlined with darker infuscations inside each wing cell. The vertex is twice as wide as it is long, with a somewhat rounded, pointed tip. The ocelli are white, connected by a white transverse line along the margin. The pronotum is fulvous, with dark brown markigns on the anterior portion; the scutellum is the same color but has dark lateral triangles. The female pregenital sternite has the posterior margin depressed, slightly and angularly elevated. The male subgenital plates are rounded with almost parallel-margined tips. Adults are 5-6 mm long. (DeLong, 1948) For some diagrams of this species, see: 3I.

Distribution in North Carolina

County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.

Out of State Record(s)

Distribution: An uncommon, infrequently encountered species found in the East and central United States, as far west as Colorado (DeLong, 1948).

Abundance: Uncommon with recent records for the state from the Piedmont and mountains, probably more abundant in the right habitat. Metcalf (1967) lists the species for North Carolina but it is unclear from where.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Wooded floodplains, along stream banks, etc. (DeLong, 1948)

Plant Associates: Herbaceous plants

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: The other member of this genus recorded from North Carolina, D. vividus, is green rather than brown and lacks definite markings, having a plain vertex (which is also noticeably more pointed than in longulus).

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

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	Photo by: junomoon - Carole Bloom Guilford Co. Comment: iNat record: 341812303	Photo by: junomoon - Carole Bloom Guilford Co. Comment: iNat record: 341812309
	Photo by: junomoon - Carole Bloom Guilford Co. Comment: iNat record: 341625507	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment: At black light
	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment: At black light	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment: At black light
	Photo by: tom ward Buncombe Co. Comment:	Photo by: tom ward Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Burke Co. Comment: 5.1 mm male, came to UV CFL light combo at night, wooded residential area	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Burke Co. Comment: 5.1 mm male, came to UV CFL light combo at night, wooded residential area
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Burke Co. Comment: 5.1 mm male, came to UV CFL light combo at night, wooded residential area	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Burke Co. Comment: 5.1 mm male, came to UV CFL light combo at night, wooded residential area
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Burke Co. Comment: 5.1 mm male, came to UV CFL light combo at night, wooded residential area	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv lights. Did not like to be photographed; state record
	Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment:

Doleranus longulus - No Common Name

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